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unusual facts about Bainbridge's


Le Bon Marché

It is often incorrectly cited as the world's first department store, as that honour actually goes to Bainbridge's of Newcastle upon Tyne in England.


1863 Atlantic hurricane season

The US brig Bainbridge capsized in the storm off Hatteras early on August 21 with the loss of eighty lives.

Ashfork-Bainbridge Steel Dam

It is named for the town of Ash Fork, and for Francis H. Bainbridge, a civil engineer and graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), who was an engineer for ATSF.

Bainbridge class

Bainbridge-class cruiser, United States Navy, built from 1959 through 1961

Bainbridge-class destroyer, United States Navy, built from 1899 through 1903

Bainbridge-class destroyer

The US Navy's first torpedo boat destroyers were produced on the recommendation of an 1898 war plans board formed to prosecute the Spanish-American War and chaired by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt.

It should be noted that the Imperial German Navy of 1898-1918 used the term "torpedo boat" for anything up to a large destroyer in size.

Between the Days

The album produced Bainbridge's fifth top forty single on the ARIA Charts, and another top one hundred single.

Choctaw Sea

At its maximum coverage it encompassed an area as far north as the city of Bainbridge in Southwest Georgia and as far to the southeast as Taylor County, Florida, United States.

Dovetail Games

Jackson, Gatland and McMicking went on to setup RailSimulator.com Ltd, employing many of the original creative team, along with Steve Bainbridge (previously Electronic Arts and GAME stores) and Duncan Best (previously British Academy Video Games Awards, ELSPA and Director of the London Games Festival).

Erika Hoffman

Erika Hoffman (born c. 1965) is an American/British actress who starred as Lesley Bainbridge in the BBC comedy Brush Strokes from series 2 onwards, when she took over the role from Kim Thomson.

Gadsden County, Florida

The fourth line is the third CSX Line, the Bainbridge Subdivision, which runs along the west side of US 27 from Leon County by way of a bridge over the Ochlockonee River to the Georgia State Line.

Gaius Valerius Pudens

An inscription at Bainbridge fort records new barracks being built under his governorship, possibly in connection with recent uprisings by the Brigantes.

Hannah Blore

Blore started sailing on the "Flash" at Gresford Sailing club from the age of seven, under the instruction of Harry Bainbridge.

Kitsap Transit

In addition, Kitsap Transit also connects its routes to Jefferson Transit, Mason Transit, Pierce Transit and the Washington State Ferries terminals in Bremerton, Bainbridge, Kingston and Southworth.

Paul A. Merriman

Merriman lives with his wife Suzanne in Bainbridge Island, WA and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

Samuel Jaudon

Jaudon had taken over the management of the family funds of his sister-in-law, Mary T. Bainbridge, daughter of Commodore William Bainbridge, who had left Pennsylvania state bonds to his several daughters.

The Atomic Space Bug

Filming began on The Atomic Space Bug in the winter of 1999 in the small town of Bainbridge, New York.

Thomas Bowman Garvie

Thomas Bowman Garvie (February 6, 1859 - January 5, 1944) was a Northumbrian artist whose portraits include Thomas Burt, Lord Percy, Lord Armstrong, George B Bainbridge, Fred B Fenwick and Sir William and Lady Grey.

WLCL

WGEX, a radio station in Bainbridge, Georgia, United States briefly known as WLCL in March-April 2003


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